Re: [GZG] Re: Full Thrust 2 questions

["john tailby" <John_Tailby@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> As with all things, MT Missiles are something that requires moderation. If
> you use 1 or 2 you might was well just aim them off the table. If you take
> them in hoards they'll wipe out a fleet if the oposing fleet isn't design
> to take them out.
>
> Consider a simple purpose built Cruiser.
> Cost: 270
> TMF: 80
> MD: 4
> Hull: 24
> FC: 1
> MT Missiles: 15
>
> 15 Missiles require 30 PDS to take out.
> Each missile (if a standard unit) causes on average 7 points of damage.
> That's 105 for the salvo.
>
> Now in a game of 1500 points, you can take 5 of those, so 75 missiles
> total, requiring 150 PDS to stop, causing 525 points of damage.

In your maths you have assumed that you can accurately guess the position of 
the enemy ship with all the missiles and that your damage is spread evenly 
though the enemy fleet.

Some other scenarios.
Do you launch at long range?
If so and the enemy is using fighters or PBL launchers you can lose a bunch 
of the missiles on the approach, or they are forced to burn extra endurance 
in order to evade the PBLs.

Unless you play on a closed table and slow velocities then the opposing 
fleet can simply run away from most of the missiles and then come back and 
kill you once it the missiles have missed.

Also you don't want to play Kra'vak their advanced drives and scatter guns 
can make a mess of missile waves.
The exact same KV ship would have 15 scatter packs and 9 MKP packs and 6 
class 1 rail guns. The scatter packs auto kill one missile each and then the 
MKPs inflict sufficient damage to kill you. Scatter packs also come with 
their own ADFC so you can't overwhelm them.

Your design does reignite the old argument about whether the games are 
decided by fleet designs or not. If an extreme fleet of say all beams or all 
ordnance or all ordnance defence is taken then the whole game can become a 
giant game of scissors, paper, stone.

John 


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